Author: Mrs Wander
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Embracing my Licorice Obsession in Greece and Turkey
We had five more days aboard our cruise, two at sea and three at port in Izmir, Santorini, and Mykonos. Both on and off the ship I was able to taste some delicious licorice, or anise, flavored liquors, both individually and as part of delicious cocktails. After we disembarked our cruise, we spent a few…
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Testing Out a New Travel Guide Career in Italy
I’m only kidding, we have no plans to start a travel guide business, at least not yet. However it does take some extra planning and a bit of a change in our normal travel style to accommodate four others who will be travelling with us for nearly a month. By the way, have you guessed…
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Sidestepping Crowds in the European Summer
We spent three weeks after leaving the UK hopping between the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria by train. Between a few colds and excessive heat warnings we didn’t spend every day sightseeing, so instead of a play-by-play I’ll mainly give you an overview of the sights we did see in each city. I am glad we…
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Learning to Slow Down in Manchester, UK
After turning in the campervan we were ready to stay in one spot for awhile. We spent most of the next two weeks in Manchester but about halfway through we took a train to visit a few friends we met on our trip in Vietnam and Cambodia. This was definitely a highlight of our time…
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Our Last Tastes of Scotland…for Now
It was almost time to say goodbye to Scotland, but we made sure to save a few highlights, and a few favorites for the last week. We visited our last Scottish castle and garden for awhile, a globally renown whiskey distillery, and a loch known for its special inhabitant. One Last Castle We had a…
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Whiskey, Bagpipes, and Stories by a Peat Fire
This week after arriving back on the Mainland from Isle of Skye, where we visited a lovely pub, a traditional distillery in the Speyside region, and found a few bagpipe bands. We had a few days on the Mainland before hopping on another ferry to Orkney where we attempted to find Puffins and learned a…
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How to Bike Across Wales in 4 Days
That’s right, we decided to take on another adventure to bike across Wales this September! I’m sure your first question is why?!? One reason is because It’s fun! Some of you may know we attempted a bike across Iowa last summer as part of RAGBRAI, which didn’t finish as I’d hoped so I might also…
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Lewis and Harris, is it one island or two?
This week we’re headed to the Isle of Lewis and Harris. While it is geographically one island, it is considered to be two separate islands. The southern third is Harris while the northern two-thirds is Lewis. We spent five days exploring both parts of the island, before heading back to the Isle of Skye to…
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Our Winding Journey to the Isle of Skye
As we made our way north from Glasgow, we had marked several places we wanted to stop in this area, but it wasn’t exactly a straight line to Isle of Skye. Although, I don’t think there are any roads that are in a straight line in Scotland. It did help us avoid some of the…
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Remembering How to Cook….and Drive in the UK
After 12 new countries we finally arrive back to a familiar country, the United Kingdom! We visited both England and Scotland but only spent time in places we hadn’t visited before, so no London or Edinburgh this time. Our first week we headed to York for some chores and to see if we remembered how…